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Samvat Calendar

historical calendar of hindus
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Samvat Calendar
Westindischer Maler um 1400 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Samvat Calendar is a calendar system[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of calendar system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,295 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: India[3]
  • Instance of: lunisolar calendar[4]
  • Has use: official calendar[5]
  • Has part(s): month[6], week[7]
  • Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • Used by: Hindu[10]
  • Has characteristic: beginning of the year[11]
  • Different from: Nepal Sambat[12]

Why It Matters

Samvat Calendar has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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